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L0NDoHS CoRRuPr CONFERENCE.-The paf3la-
mentary committee appointed TO investigate the
arst session yesterday, Lord Harrington presiding
!sI:d Hnn, formerly member OF Parliament de-
corporation. He found that special committee
appointed IN 1852 to oppose the reform bill
expended altogether total OF E5QOQa He
saio that practically the city ACCOUNTS had never
been audited Meetings held IN support of there
form bill were raide1 by rOugh6 who had b0en
supRled with Thousands Of forged tickets OF ad-
1ooRe made IN 6lildsy1t that hD had been euEao60
% betee yVu9As 70 bseak up a1tos4 meottaeG
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A Schooner sunk An collision.

WHIrEsTosR, l. l., March 1a--About 80 this
morning the schooner A. w. Thompson, from
bridgeport Conn, bound to East New York, minus
cargo. while tacking In the sound on WillettB
Point, was run into By the steamer ldlewild,
bound for New York. The schooner sunk imu,o.
diately, probably three Of the crew being drowned.
Another, supposed 20 be the captain, was
10 New York. HIS head was split open, and
he will probably die. The names OF the
schOoners crew could not be ascerta1ned. a. when
o boat, which put out nom here Immediately aftpr
the collision 70 rescue the men, had reached the
scene tho ldl0wiad had steamed TO New York.
tack directly In front OF the Idlew1ld5 bow which
struck her Immediately afterwards. There an
peared to be great excitement among the steamers
paSSeu2erA
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She Turns Up Again I'm the Trial 4
Ex.Aldermon Clearv.

She TuHns Up Again I'm the Trial OF
Ex.Alderman Cleary.
NEW York. March 19-At the opening Of the
trial Of Thos. Cleary, the indicted Doodle alder
man, to-day, Mrs. Harriet Massett, the Old lady
who lived next door to Alderman Mclaughlin,
gave suDstantially the same testimony she gave
In the McQuade and O'Netl trials. She said people
Oiten mlstoOk her house for Mr.. McLoughlins, and
sne mas maze the same mistake once or twice her
Katie Metz was the next witness. She is Mrs.
MaSSstts German servant girl. She narrated
afresn her story OF several groups of men who
early one morning in the summer OF 1884 called
at MIS- MetZ'S house for "Mr. MOcklOcklin," and
were directed by her next door, and who
repeated their visit and inquiries week
or Two Later. She Identified Cleary
as one OF the men who called twice. On the OBJ
lecton OF MI Shafer Justice Barrett ruled against
the bringing OF the Grapaic pictures into the case
TINS inns, ume on experimentation by Mr.. Shafer
Miss Metz recalled that she had worked for two
iamllies, Doth named Held, but could not remem-
given names OF any of the members OF either.
she could not say that Cleary was in either OF the
Two PaftieS OF men who called on the first night.
she could not swear that he was in the party that
caied ON the second night, two weeks later, nor
on the third occasion, which was a week.
she saw Cleary On one or more of these occasions
which one of them she could not or would not
swear TO, nor what clothing he wore.
On the redirect examination Katie picked out
and Identified Fullgran as one OF the callers at
McLoughhn's house In 1884.
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STILL HELD ron DISSECTION.
The Case Of Ermest v~> uae,elskl.
JUDGE MACARTHUR DISCHARGES rHr vsyr ar HAHRAs
CORPUS AND sURRxNDRRs NM m ruR Military

JUDGE MACARTHUR DISCHARGES rHE WRIT or HABEAs
CORPUS AND suRRNDRRs INN no ruR MILITARY.
At noon to-day Judge Macarthur sat in the
Criminal court room ana heard the case Of Ernest
Won Dleseiski, alias Ernest Shanfauser, the young
man who was arrested on the eve Of his intended
marriage to Miss Badeau, OF ST. Louis on the
I5tn lnst.' as q deserter from JEFFERSON Barracks
NO. ana who has since been held In the guard
house at washington Barracks The writ was
0recteo 10 Gen. q. G. Gibson, commanding the
Ihlru U. 3. artillery, and ct noon the petitioner
TOT wnom capt. c. Q. Cole appeared, entered the
courtroom in charge Of a corporal.
EU SlPsop made return that the petitioner was
stated verbally that the petitioner had admitted
20 SnH omcers that he was deserter. He also
he had been discharged as minor he enlisted
deTerson Re-r noHneed service and deserted uom
Mr. Cole 1 madc r. MO, January slst 1883.
seMteu wSre not Sunictent evidence to hold him.
erv cere sad that the papers had not been
the seal OF the war department. He did not think
me government was anxious to keep him; that
the arrest was made at the instance OF his mother
course TO prevent him from getting
An ~ uncle Of the young man was present, and he
SUI ho a. sae laIterS rather wanted him 10 at
to do so. ''-- Nv WV WV N~'-O W
Detective Ran testified that he and Detective
thot ne hoS Se a. Cne petltl0ner, ana ne ADMITTED
IuaV uo nau deserted. On crOSS-examinattOn wit
nesS state0 mat his mother had caused his arrest
He sSasea That he was under age at the time De-
CeGuve horne cOrrobOrated Mr.. Ran.
\; A. waller testified that the petitioner was his
nepheW; mat ne came here, having, with another
boy, Jumped overheard from German man-Of-
MaI anu deserted, and came to him in July, 1854.
He then saved money and sent for his parents.
HIS parents did not like him to work on the farm
ana got nun place In restaurant. He was born
Mr. Aldrtch testified to the good character of pc
utioner, and he understood that he was not 81,
listed. ~e'
me court held against the petitioner, saying
Iaat ne would discharge the writ without preju-
GENTLY definite '
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GEN. SHERIDAN GONE WRsT.-General Sheridan
accompanied by Inspector General Baird and Colo
mel Sheridan, has gone on western tour. Tney
will first visit Cheyenne in relation 70 the proposed
changes In the post buildings From there they
Will go to Denver, where site will be selected for
the new military post authorized by Congress-
they Will then go to Fort Riley to select portion
light artillery Major Wtlliston Of the I'd Artillery
who has been on duty for the past eighteen months
under the chief OF ordnance, has been detached
artillery school He will meet General Sheridan at
Fort Riley.
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I'd EDITION.
Latest Tbleglams to The Star.


THE GOSSIP OF LONDON
New Works BY Prince Krapotkina and
Max Muller-King MILAN a. . Play.
wright.
Special Cable Dispssch 70 TIE EVENING star.
LONDON. March 19.-"RuSsian and French
Prisons" Is the title Of q work by Prince Kra-
potkina, to be published by Ward Dawney.
Swan Sonnenschein Co have in press classi-
fed photography OF about $4,000 current works
in all departments Of literature balled "The Best
Books"
Max Muller's new book, 1.-THE Science OF
thought" win appear next week. TRANSACTIONS
into German and Russian have been arranged.
Beerbohm Tree will soon open the West End
theater. with new drama entitled 1.-THE Red
Lamp, the work Of an untried author The per-
formances win be for the benefit Of DR.. Westland
Marston, and are being arranged by q committee
OF literary men and artists Irving will give at
the Lyceum, in support Of the scheme, q repre-
s SCI ,3 OF Byrons tragedy "Werner"in which
ne VIII appear f0r the first time as Werner. "A
compliment viii also be paid MarstOn by the
dramatlc students who have resolved, for the bene
ii OF tne innd TO perform one OF Marstons plays
The National theater at Belgrade has decided
unanimously that the play named "Remauju" is
tne OeSL OF tnoSe sent In by anonymous cOlnpet1-
tors TO the surprise OF everyone the drama
proves 10 De the work OF King Milan.
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District Government Affairs.

DRY CLOSETS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSES.
Commissioned Ludlow, Building Inspector En-
Chester, Pa, where they Went to inspect the Rut-
Tan system OF dry closets in use In the public
inaugurate the. system in all the new school
buildings to be erected here. Commissioner Lud-
low has asked Mr.. l. D. Smead, the agent for this
1nson plans Of the plumbing system In the old
ScnOOl buildings and also to make plans and eStt-
mates for the replacement Of the old plumbing by
Sne 0fy-clOSet system. In this connection 1t may
Oe sIaCed mat plumbers throughout the city are
much exercised over the proposed Innovation.
MINORS IN THE wURKHoUsE.
enDurg, the intendent Of the washington asylum,
70 Iurnlsh statistics In regard to the number OF
sSo~nF 70 has
FEBRUARY, 1887, there were 23s colored males and
81 white males and ~ colored females ana
white females all under the age Of 81 years, COM
mitted to the workhOuse.
THE PLUMBERS COMPLAIN.
The Master Plumbers association, through MI.
Jonn +: Mitchell. complain that rules have been
MADE recently, governing the plumbing business,
Wnch are to them oppressive, unjust and un-
reasonable: and requests that they be altered or
s es Sas aey pnmp pay c TO
poses.
BUILDING PERMITS
have been issued by Inspector Entwisle as follows:
Pearce & Lawton, to erect brick warehouse on NJ
street, between 27th and 2Sth street. West WASH
ID. u.
frame club house, $50, at North Capitol and G
streets northwest. j. j. Finley, to build brick adj
dlt1on TO 2O29 street northwest; 8, 800.
MISCELLANEOUS,
Architect Brady has completed the plans for
the new eight-roOm school buildings to be erected
adjoining the sumner and Wallach schools.
the commissioners have directed Major Moore
20 stop children from defacing the front and break
ing the windows OF the DennsOn school building.
A wholesale liquor license has been granted
Charles Freshman.
Michael Esch, OF 1O6 New York avenue north
east, complains to the District Commissioners of
the laying OF double track on the Metropolitan
Branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad now in
progress.
Duncason Brothers have requested the Commits
S1oners TO employ them at the forthcoming sale of
property for taxes.
A. B. Lascallset, OF 400 nth street southeast,
calls attention to the condition in which the
Washington Gaslight company has left 18th
street, between Pennsylvania avenue and street
Henry Garrett, E. B. Barnum w. T. Hornaday
and score more OF gentlemen are the signerS to a
petition In behalf of the people Of LIE Droit park
asking for relief from the evils Of their sewerage
system.
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The National Insurance company has sold to
z. 7. Carpenter property ON A st. north. between
LIST and I'd sts, for $4,000. Mrs. Annie E Nc
Ardle has bought OF Emelte NJ DarneiIle, for
50 $50, pit lot s. 50. 2s1, fronting 20 feet ON St.
between 18th and 1sn s 3; ara
three lots each 1ax118 feet on god st., between o
and P stS NV. q. II. Dyer has bought of Mr.
from Harriet P. Darne, j. r. Eastman and Ara
bella 8. Tracy six other lots on st., fronting in
all l54 feet on p St BY 100 feet, aggregating
James W. Tyler, real estate broker. has sold to
Mrs n. K. Campbell and Henry d. Fry, trustees
houses No. 70 2s and 80 I street northwest for
the Columbia Real Estate company have bought
feet on Meridian Hin at the head OF 10th street. be-
tween Prospect and Crescent streets
H aeaa estate sgs1 the fSpTng
8. and L, t6 street extenSed 1900 SQUARE FEET
lot So D. and L, 10th street extended, 1855 square
feet for e, OS8.75. Lot 81, 10th street extended
and L. S5a7 square fsst to a;e Heissl
square feet, for 81, 79217. Lot !, block Whitney
close, 1857 square feet for James Padgett to
Mss + su Sdesn' iofs and 6lock 4 WSitney
Close, 3O,OoO square feet; $500.
THE CITY MARKErs.-The Official price current Of
the Washington produce exchange says: The
Hour market is without change. The usual cur
rent demand prevails for wheat corn and oats at
the same tune there is an absence OF
all speculative features. Hay and straw
are In liberal receipts and market dull
Receipts OF fresh butter confined TO creamery pro-
uctions and are held Ct advanced rates in view Of
scarcity. Near by roll has ceased coming almost
receipts of eggs have been liberal all
week. The general tone is stronger and
ssagv n 81 Ssn s DRESSED a. az. 9s
light and demand good. The dried fruit market is
quiet and steady with ample stock OF all kinds
| excepting peeled peaches Florida oranges In
good demand, for good nuit
| RANGE or THE TH1RM0AxTER-The following
were the readings ct the signal ONCE to day: a
m, -; am, "a; IL am, 20; pm, -; maxi
mum, a; minimum. 81.
An exempnned copy OF Christina Dorns win
was received from New York to-day. She leaves
VIM. d. and Lola D. Gardner. her ch0dfen, house
No. 2096 0th street northwest,
Messrx James Fullerton, John Bingham, Law
renee Cavanaugh. ]. H Rlsher and A. B. Copper,
| az q COMMITTEES Of the District Heal Estate In
vestment asSoc1ations have pxesentee Their peesi-
! tuu Get q Concord harness rooeR etc
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CrRcrYr CorKr~yutfoe Cbx.

CIRCUIT CorKroyxdoe Cbx.
to-day, McElroy agt. Miller; demurrer to repu-
lace Elliot & Co. agt. No al; moi n to quasi at
tachmenr granted; appeal noted. haub agt. Bar
boar; demurrer sustained. Linn agt. Hoover: re-
ASIDE. Iucns Son aS ssSddars; M motion for new
trial. ETC., oyerruled without prejudice. Maurice
aSt Remy; motion for security for costs granted
POLICE coCRr-Jsd0e SneiL
Annie dorsey. coiored. disordcriy conduct; 6 o.
u days Michael Mccormick, violating hack law:
81 Charles W ashingt0n, colored, larceny; 30 days
VIM. ward, colored. assault; IS or IS days. Geo.
malicious tresspass; personal bonds
Plea q the Temperance women.
TREY ATRIAL 10 LIQUOR MAKERS AND sELLKRs.
The National Womans Christian Temperance
union has issued an address to the brewers, dts
tfilers, ectifiers, wholesale dealers ana saloon
keepers The address Is In the form OF q plea, and
the people to whom 1t Is directed are addressed
In the opening as ''brothersr The address says:
I've have never until now come with the united
fraction OF men who make and sell the poisonous
drinks against which we are lighting; the drinks
sna nerve Win dangerous strength arms already
time SO steal away the brain that ought to guide
those manly arms that they are no longer
enemy. We bring our plea then straight TO the
source OF womans direct calamity and sorrow
and lay IL at your feet BY the testimony of courts
ana 1ur1eS the liquor traffc is the cause Of eaghty
per cent, OF all the crime, and ninety pei
cent Of all the pauperism I'm this country.
We know you say II Is a great industry and pays
that for every dollar 1t puts into the public treas
uTy Two have to be paid out in securing the trial
OF the criminals IT creates and In maintaining the
paupers It produces" The address finally says
1--WE have here addressed the manufacturers and
wholesale dealers, as well as the dispenser Of
strong drinkS because We think an undue share OF
denunciatton has fallen ON the saloon keeper who
Is but the catS-paw TO rake out OF the fire the
cheStnutS OF the rich man back OF him. Our OBJ
OF the saloon usually belong to the brewer, dis
cIier or wholesale dealer who sets UP In business
some man, ignorant and poor, who sells what the
under deeper condemnation than his less enlight
ened representative who pours out the drink, col
lects the price thereof, and hands over the Hon,
ernment"
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ENDORSEMENT OF INTEREST CHRCKs.-The Treasury
department has issued q circular to national and
state banks In regard reimbursement and payment
OF interest checks, which provides that In all
cases In which societies and lodges hold U. g. bonds
In the name of trustees proper evidence OF their
election must be filed in the Office OF the first au-
ditor, and that the certificates Of authority for
the Endorsement and collection Of interest checks
must be from all the trustees and not from the So
c1ety or lodge. The circular says that the proper
Endorsement OF interest checks is important and
should be known to conform to the Treasury rules
before payment.
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The will OF the late G. c. sickles is understood
70 dispose OF about 8, 600 600 worth on property
each OF his daughters receiving $50 OOO his widow
third, and his other heir, Gen Sickles the resi-
dine
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LOYAL TO THE GEAR.

A Demonstration and Address bv st.
Petersburg Students.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 19.-The funeral OF a pro-
lessor Of the university here yesterday was made
the occasion OF loyal demonstration An address.
prepared by students expressing devotion to the
car was handed about and was Immediately COW
cred with hundreds OF signatures Two men in
the gathering who expressed diSapproval of the
proceedings by Kissing were severely beaten and
their clothes torn from their backs
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One OF the most delightful musical events OF
the season was the concert OF Friday evening,
tngton Hymph0ny ogcheDera, under To loeoeF1hfp
Of Prot 6eI0QyS
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The Queen At the HippodrOme.
LONDON, March 19-The queer visited the Hin.
oodrome Olympia to-day and spent three-0uarters
If an hour looking at the sights.
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ARMY ORDERs.-Leave for four months has been
granted to Capt s. T. Norvell 10th cavalry, and
Second Lieut.. D. F. Auglum, 12th infantry, and
the leave OF Capt. Mott Hooton, 22d infantry. has
been extended one week. First Lieut.. l. H.
StrOther LIST infantry, has been relieved from duty
ut the Virginia Agricultural college at his own
request, and ordered to join his regiment. COL
John NJ. Wilson, corps OF engineers has been
ordered from this city TO New York On public bust
ness.
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Successful Advertising.
From the Philadelphia Times.

1t is a common saying in business circles that
advertising is the life Of trade, but many OF the
business men who quote and believe I'm the maxim
know little OF the wide and varied ned that tudic-
tous newspaper advertising opens to all Legitimate
trade. There is as much money practically wasted
as is expended In advertising. costly cards FLU.
minated circulars, and all the thousand outside
methods OF advertising do some good In special
cases but IN this progressive age when the daily
newspaper Is read In every home the one sue
c2SSful method for legitimate business to reach
legitimate custom, is by the wise employment OF
the d newspaper columns And even In newspaper
standing advertisement OF business man whose
business varies with the weather or the seasons,
Is not only stale and Improbable. but 1t is repui
There is foolish prejudice against newspaper ad-
verttstng In some OF the most important branches
OF business energy. The doctors yafnly imagine
that they separating themselves from the pre-
tenders and quacks In medicine by forbidding even
cards IN public Journalist but they
other possible method OF newspaper advertising.
The only practical result OF their restriction is 10
publicity by much meaner methods than by
manfully advertising and paving for 1t. The
same rule is to some extent accepted by
petual battle with the aspiring attorney to
keep him from having himself reported as the
CHIEF feature OF every case with which he can con-
profess to deny newspaper advertising pay tribute
TO it only in less creditable way than is adopted
tie world is done by advertising from the pulpit
TO the cockpit; and when regular newspaper ad-
verising is prOfesSedly rejected 1t Is only TO seek
some sinuous path to get into the newspaper TO
accomplish the same end.
Advertising is valuable only to those who IN
derstand two things.flrst. how to advertise their
business; and. second, how to conduct their bust.
ness. Advertising Will be simply waste OF money
Ter the dry goods merchant, the Jeweler, the
preacher, the clothing merchant the soap manu-
facturer, the banker, the medicine vender the
theater, or any other calling that appeals 10 the
public, unless the advertiser is able TO meet the
be successful should be honest There are
business houses which well understand
this important feature or advertising. They en-
pioy the best talent and the best character they
can command to prepare their advertisements,
and they hold their patrons and steadily increase
them by fulnlling their promises TO the public. A
business advertisement that is not original fresh
AID truthful Is behind the present progressive age;
and those who aim TO give the highest measure or
respectabil1ty TO advertisements, best serve
themselves and legitimate business generally.
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MARRIED.

FITZGERAI.p-JOH On February I'd 1887.
at Rockville, Nd, by the Rev. Father j. A Curiey
EDWARD A. FITZGERALD and SARAH T. JOHN.
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From the Paris Dispstch to the London Truth.
should say to beauties who depend greatly upon
art to please: "NeveNaet yourself be caught in an
earthquake before getting up time in the morn
Ing" L saw, on their arrival here from Nice and
Cannes, some scores OF such who had ned from
these resorts OF seekers after pleasure and SUM-
slime. They reminded me OF what I used to be
told in childhood about the aspect sinners Invested
OF all hypocritical muf1ilings-un would present at
the last day. Such day OF Judgment LOT never
IN my life beheid; and to think that they had
been, in all the pride OF rank and fashion pelting
bouquets at the battle OF MOWERS less than week
previously! I take in q situation quickly.
and saw at glance that the most friendly thing
could DO to poor, Dattered sc sea oasternies
them. Don't ask me TO name them. II there's
one thing hate more than another it's TO skin
eess alive. DR.. Evans Will know OF what English
lady am speaking when say that she forgot the
yutelier he made for her. with teeth carefully
chosen from the mouths OF twenty Breton girls.
her chin aspiring to meet the top OF her nose She
was BIZ no means the only one in this to0thless
state. Girlhood Is always beautiful II there be
Only the merest berutc de dsdbic, but lovely
woman Is appalnngly dependent In this time OF
violent ups and downs and neutrality-suspicious.
and geologicaiSon her dentist her maid her hair
the world is, believe, not 30 much TO make her.
self happy as to keep these people in employ
shock, which took place at toward in the morn
ing, which made all the population OF Nice and
Cannes rush into the streets and gardens and
made them SO afraid OF being buried In falling
masonry that nothing would induce them to enter
Q house in the Riviera. At Aentone and In some
serious and It was not over until the fugitives got
OUT OF the quarters where the streets are marrow
and the roofs old and covered with tiles. Most of
ing in express trains into the Paris-Ly0ns termi-
nus were English and Germans. Very few OF them
had caps or bonnetS. Hardly any were In ordinary
day dress. and some were IN night dresses with
railway rugs and other Wrap6
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Stock M

New York Stock Market
The following are the opening and 800 D m prices
81 the New York Stock Market reported by special
wire to H. H. Dodge $50 10th strees:
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A LAND CASE DECIDED.-In the case Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company VS.. Guilford Miller
entry was improperly allowed, and that the land
belongs to the railroad and not to the United
States
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joss $50 FEET Application has been
made to the Treasury department for the free en-
try at San Francisco OF joss for a joss house in
that city. Free entry Is claimed on the ground
that the joss comes under the classification of
Images and regal1a for religious associations The
joss Is 150 feet long and Is composed OF wood
nd mi al 1891